Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (70s - contemporary) Stephan Balkenhol - Biography

Ohne Titel. 2008.
Sculpture of Wawa-Wood, partly painted.
168 x 34 x 24.6 cm (66.1 x 13.3 x 9.6 in).
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• In the restrained posture of this creation by Stephan Balkenhol, an enormous expressiveness becomes manifest.
• The figure gets its strong spatial presence through the base that puts it at eye level with the observer.
• Characteristic surface with the chisel's unsmoothed traces.
• The unmistakable works by the contemporary artist are at museums like the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Kunstmuseums Basel.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Switzerland.
EXHIBITION: Stephan Balkenhol al Portico D'Ottavia, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Rome, 2008.
Good overall impression. With minor bumps, some with slight loss of color, more noticeable in places around the base. Partially lightly rubbed. At the base, mainly in the lower area, with slight irregularities in the color, probably residue of a liquid.
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